garfish

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: gar=fish

CIDE DICTIONARY

garfish, n. [See Gar, n.].

 A European marine fish (Belone vulgaris); -- called also gar, gerrick, greenback, greenbone, gorebill, hornfish, longnose, mackerel guide, sea needle, and sea pike.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

garfish, n. (pl. same)
1 any mainly marine fish of the family Belonidae, esp. Belone belone, having long beaklike jaws with sharp teeth. Also called NEEDLEFISH.
2 US any similar freshwater fish of the genus Lepisosteus, with ganoid scales. Also called GAR or GARPIKE.
3 NZ & Austral. either of two marine fish of the genus Hemiramphus. Also called HALFBEAK.

Etymology

app. f. OE gar spear + fisc FISH(1)